Infection intensity and sampling locality affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis distribution among body regions on green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-188

  North, Susan ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Diagnostic PCR; Disease development; Litoria genimaculata

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SKIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; HYLIDAE; LITORIA GENIMACULATA;

EID: 54549115936     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01958     Document Type: Article

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